(February 7, 2022 at 10:29 pm)no one Wrote: Mysterious ways and shit.
Probably.
Also, I imagine that a lot of time had past since the various messiahs died.
Probably at some point, the jews got tired of messiahs and their empty promises.
Also, perhaps Paul was interacting with foreigners. It becomes difficult to ask everyone you meet to sell all their belongings, break up ties with family members and be tortured.
It is a hard sell.
At some point, Paul says there is no need to get circumcised. Most non-jew adults are not going to accept getting circumcised.
I’m sure some were willing but you can’t grow your religion quickly.
Some of the stuff that Paul has supposedly written are probably forgeries written 200 or 300 y later.
Somehow, this idea of circumcision resurfaced in european culture.
